Item 4.01 Changes in Registrant’s Certifying Accountant.
On June 14, 2019, the audit committee of the board of directors of the general partner of Atlas Growth Partners, L.P. (the “Company”) dismissed Grant Thornton LLP (“Grant Thornton”) as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm. Grant Thornton’s reports on the Company’s financial statements as of and for the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017 did not contain any adverse opinion or disclaimer of opinion, and was not qualified or modified as to uncertainty, audit scope or accounting principles. For the fiscal years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017 and the subsequent interim period, there were no disagreements between the Company and Grant Thornton on any matter of accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosure, or auditing scope or procedures, which such disagreements, if not resolved to the satisfaction of Grant Thornton, would have caused Grant Thornton to make reference to the subject matter of such disagreements in connection with its reports. For the fiscal years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017 and the subsequent interim period, there were no “reportable events” (defined below) requiring disclosure pursuant to Item 304(a)(1)(v) of RegulationS-K. As used herein, the term “reportable event” means any of the items listed in paragraphs (a)(1)(v)(A)-(D) of Item 304 of RegulationS-K.
The registrant provided Grant Thornton with a copy of this current report prior to its filing and requested that Grant Thornton furnish to the Company a letter addressed to the Securities and Exchange Commission stating whether it agrees with the statements made by the Company in this current report. Grant Thornton has furnished that letter, which letter is filed as Exhibit 16.1 hereto, and is incorporated by reference herein.
Effective as of June 14, 2019, the audit committee of the board of directors of the general partner of the Company approved and appointed Whitley Penn LLP (“Whitley Penn”) as the Company’s registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2019. During the fiscal years ended December 31, 2018 and December 31, 2017 and the subsequent interim period, neither the Company nor anyone acting on its behalf consulted Whitley Penn regarding either: (i) the application of accounting principles to a specific transaction, either completed or proposed, or the type of audit opinion that might be rendered on the Company’s consolidated financial statements, and either a written report was provided to the Company or oral advice was provided that Whitley Penn concluded was an important factor considered by the Company in reaching a decision as to the accounting, auditing or financial reporting issue; or (ii) any matter that was either the subject of a disagreement (as defined in Item 304(a)(1)(iv) of RegulationS-K) or a reportable event (as described in Item 304(a)(1)(v) of RegulationS-K).
Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
On May 1, 2019, 2019, Jamie Iglesias, age 43, was appointed Vice President, Accounting and Finance of Atlas Growth Partners GP, LLC (the “General Partner”), the general partner of Atlas Growth Partners, L.P. (the “Partnership”). Mrs. Iglesias has been the Director, Business Analysis of Titan Energy, LLC since September 2016, and before that, since June 2012, the Director, Business Analysis of Titan Energy’s predecessor, Atlas Resource Partners, L.P. Mrs. Iglesias was Controller of Titan Operating, LLC, a private equity-backed oil and gas company, from August 2008 to June 2012. Prior to that Mrs. Iglesias held positions in public accounting with Arthur Andersen and Rylander, Clay &
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